Thursday, November 17, 2011

After years of selling crafts online, I finally made the decision to stop making crafts for sale. I will only be making items that I want to keep for myself. Being a full time Grandma and having limited space in my home as well as poor online sales, it just made sense to stop. I will be clearing out all my items that are already made and a ton of craft supplies that I won't be needing anymore.The decision was a hard one but it's the best one for me now . I will have more room in my home and won't feel stressed out to keep things posted on Ebay, Etsy, and my website.

Soooo with that said, I will be having a huge sale on Ebay. Most items at less than it cost for the materials....but they must go. I'll be adding items whenever time permits until everything is gone. I've already added quite a few today and will list more after Miss Pearl is sleeping tonight. I have a ton of hand stitched pillows to go through and so much more.

Also if anyone is into making their own Christmas cards or does any kind of paper crafting or scrapbooking, I have and will continue to stock wonderful vintage Christmas card image CDs on Ebay. I spent years collecting old scrapbooks and boxes of cards and scanning all the images to create the CDs and I've had only the best comments from them.

Hand stitched pillow on soft beige flannel and used fabric markers for his
scarf and shading. The side borders are made from a cute snowman print and the
back is flannel too. Approximately 11 x 10 inches.

She is made from new fabric rag strips of tan, beige, and gold homespun. I've
hand painted the icing around her head and painted her eyes black. She measures
11 inches tall when laying flat and 6 inches tall when sitting. She would look
wonderful propped on a pillow or tucked in a prim cupboard.

Stitched on wool felt is this cute snowman scene with feather tree and
snowman appliqué. The words Let it Snow are on it and I’ve added a blue silk
ribbon for a hanger. Approximately 6 x 4 inches not including the hanger.

This little guy has been made from stained muslin. I've hand stitched his
face, added glass bead eyes, and hand stitched the word Brrr to his belly in red
cotton string. He has a rusty snowflake attached to his belly. He has a hand
dyed Berry Wine and Green ribbon for a scarf tied around his neck. I've added a
red cotton string tie but if you prefer to use him as a cupboard tuck or bowl
filler, you could easily cut it off.

He is approximately 5 inches tall.

These look absolutely beautiful on a prim Christmas tree! They also look
great hanging on a peg, tucked in a cupboard or just sitting on a shelf!

This is one of my Rag Snowmen that have been so popular over the years.
They're one of my best sellers!

This little guy has been made from stained muslin. I've hand stitched his
face and I've hand stitched the word Frosty to his belly in blue floss. He has a
hand dyed blue ribbon scarf tied around his neck. I've added a red cotton string
tie but if you prefer to use him as a cupboard tuck or bowl filler, you could
easily cut it off.

He is approximately 5 inches tall.

No patterns were used in it's creation making each one a true one of a kind
item.

These look absolutely beautiful on a prim Christmas tree! They also look
great hanging on a peg, tucked in a cupboard or just sitting on a shelf!

This would also be a nice touch tied to a present or gift bag for that
special loved one.

Welcome to ORP’s Christmas Online Craft Show. I’m
so glad to be a part of it!

If you would like to purchase any of my hand made
items – just send an email to connie@countrycabin.ca Items will
be sold on a first come first serve basis. Thanks for visiting and supporting
crafters that offer hand made items. Please take a few moments to visit each one
as I’m sure there will be some amazing items for sale.Miss Pearl, my Grandbaby who lives with me has
been sick with a nasty cold this past week so I haven’t been able to get
much hardly anything done. Ever try crafting or taking photos
of items with a 2 year old and a rambunctious 6 month old puppy around? LOL -
It’s been challenging to say the least! I hope to have more listed as the
weekend continues and she feels better so please check back every day for new
items.

Item #1 - Christmas
Raggedy

Hand made Christmas Raggedy with hand
painted/stitched face. The bottom of her dress has cute snowmen on it . Click to
enlarge. Approximately 18 inches.

Miss Pearl is holding a hand painted and stitched
on stained muslin cupboard tuck/pillow – A Saltbox house, Snowman and Feather
Tree. I’ve added a red and white ticking hanger that is attached with rusty
safety pins. Approximately 7 x 4.5 inches not including the hanger.

Christmas cross stitch on adia cloth with flannel
toile side border and hand dyed wool bottom border. It’s rag stuffed for that
old look and feel and is backed with the dark red fabric shown in the photo.
Approximately 12 x 5 inches.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

I guess I should share a bit of my indoor Fall decorations before I take it all down next week...LOL
As soon as Halloween is over, it's time to start the long process of decorating for Christmas. I'm glad our Thanksgiving is in October so I don't have to rush around as much. Here are just a few of my Fall displays.

Please ignore the lack of baseboards on the walls. I haven't gotten around to putting them up yet. It's been way too long too! I really need to get on that!

Miss Pearl just loves playing with this Fall village. She's always re-arranging things...hehe

I purchased this old butter box while on vacation with my parents in September. The cream can was bought on ebay a few years ago. As soon as puppy is trained, the pee pads are coming out of that box and I'll probably put some of my Primitive books and magazines in it. The vine pumpkin is a new addition this year as well.

These displays hold a few of my own handmade items as well as some that I've purchased online.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Boy, I've been gone a while....been super busy this fall and have much to share. Now I just need to sit down and sort through the gazillion photos I've taken. We had a gorgeous 2-3 weeks of beautiful sunshine and summer-like temps so we did a lot of outside stuff - Now we're into the cold rainy part of Fall and almost all the leaves are laying on the ground. This is the part of Fall I'm not fussy about - too wet and damp and nothing really pretty to look at....so I start thinking about how pretty the snow will make everything look

( don't throw things at me) LOL... I'm one of those people who loves snow - not the cold - just the beauty of snow.

Last weekend we took Miss Pearl, Shelby, and her friend Erin to "The Pumpkin Patch" which is really called Leisure Farms, but the Pumpkin Patch sounds cuter.

We saw turkeys.

The pet pig.

The girls just loved this bale maze. I thought Miss Pearl would be scared but once she was inside she loved it! It was like a big ole fort to play in.

There was a nice playground for the kids to enjoy.

And of course, mountains and mountains of pumpkins.

And what Fall Farm would be complete without a corn maze to get lost in?